Parenting in the midst of social media
When I say ‘look around’ today, all that I mean is to keep your eyes glued on the screen of your laptop or smartphone and hop from one social media platform to another. This is what parenting has come to mean now. You want to disagree? Well, all you need to do is to look...
Women’s day in search of a new relevance
Women’s day is an opportunity. ‘For what?’ you may want to ask. The answer to this meanders around newspaper adverts, TV spots, radio jingles, emailers, social media updates, and whatsapp messages. The blitz began a couple of days back and my inbox has almost every sort of seller remind me of either what to do...
Don’t allow terror to spread panic
Noam Chomsky wrote: ‘Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.’ This may shock or stun you because you obviously thought you were making all the right motions by lighting candles, marching through your city, pasting #SayNoToWar all over the social media, and probably asking everyone else to...
Yes, that’s possible
Imagination is unpredictable. It is a heady feeling, a dizzying moment, a triumph, an unbearable loss, a caress, a glance, and sometimes an overdose of carbon monoxide in a closed room. ‘Pretty skilled,’ you might say. Yes, it is. It is Asterix, Tintin, Phantom, Mandrake, Chahcha Chaudhary, Superman, Frankenstein, Dracula, and Archie rushing towards you...
Holy cow! Why in the world will we want to move away from traditions?
Jarping. Songkran. Ruzzola. Namaste. This post is about understanding traditions and why need a contemporary make-over.
Top 5 Construction Management Institutes in India
According to a recent study by KPMG, the urban population is expected to grow to almost 583 million by 2030. This simply points to infrastructure development and the way resources (such as land, technology, and funds) would be required in the development of the nation in the coming decades. Finding the right professionals can make...
Pushkin makes a calendar all by himself
When someone in these smartphone-infested days sends me a message saying that parenting is for a MOM, I am tempted to write back LOL. These modern day acronyms have a way of seeking revenge, you see. But seriously, a parent isn’t just MOM but has a PAPA too… and this isn’t the same as HAHA....
Comedy, creativity, and green tea
Comedy, creativity, and green tea. Read this post to know the secrets of a super boost in creativity. #SuperBloggerChallenge #Instacuppa
Happiness is way above smiles
If happiness were smiles, Whatsapp will be our God. Stand-up comedians will then be angels. Jokes will be the mantras to chant daily. Comedy will be the genetic sutra in religious books to be revered. Fiction will then have some comical character as the protagonist every time. Places of religious worship will have comic-books in...
The right direction is towards specialization
More than a decade back when I asked my son about the plans he had once school was over, he switched on the desktop and opened an excel sheet that had all possible details of colleges, institutes, and universities with courses in architecture. I remembered never having been so diligent about my own choices in...
We do NOT kill words
‘Hubby, wifey, kiddo,’ I muttered, ‘why are people so obsessed with this silly sounding terminology? Why can’t they just use simple and straight-forward words or names?’ Specky, my wife, smiled and said, ‘Better than hamare woh that would seem like there were three in some marriage.’ This made us think about euphemisms that we in...
We live in a world populated by sales instincts
Don’t ever make the mistake of assuming that creativity is what makes the world work wonders. I see everyone selling something or the other all over. Hard-sell, I thought had finally conquered the human mind… until I read what Leo Burnett had to say on this. He wrote that there’s no such thing as ‘hard...
